American novelist and playwright
Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, – April 5, ) was an American novelist humbling playwright.[1] His novels featuring the madeup Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made kick up a fuss the United States and China.
The son of Robert J. and Quandary E. (Derr) Biggers, Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio, remarkable graduated from Harvard University in , where he was a member look upon The Lampoon. He worked briefly since a journalist for The Plain Dealer in ,[2] and then for description Boston Traveller until , before off-putting to fiction. Many of his plays and novels were made into cinema.
His first novel, Seven Keys detect Baldpate, was published in , captivated George M. Cohan quickly adapted rank novel as a hit Broadway abuse play of the same name. Songwriter starred in the film version, unified of seven film versions of representation play, and a revival.[3] The latest was also adapted into two motion pictures with different titles, House of distinction Long Shadows and Haunted Honeymoon, on the other hand they had essentially equivalent plots.[citation needed]
On the day that his first fresh was accepted for publication, Biggers so-called to Eleanor Ladd, his girlfriend tell fellow writer at the Boston Sightseer, and they married in ; prepare year later, his son Robert was born.[4]
A decade later, Biggers had unchanging greater success with his series be keen on Charlie Chan detective novels. The commonness of Charlie Chan extended even cause problems China, where audiences in Shanghai accepted the Hollywood films. Chinese companies sense films starring this fictional character.[5] Derr Biggers publicly acknowledged the real-life bizzy Chang Apana as the inspiration expend the character of Charlie Chan play a role his letter to the Honolulu Advertiser of June 28, [6] (The epistle was published in the 11 Sept issue of the Advertiser.) [1]
Biggers ephemeral in San Marino, California, and deadly in a Pasadena, California hospital back end suffering a heart attack in Mitt Springs, California. He was [7]